The state of New Zealand's rail heritage is a classic good news/bad news story. A report on the vision, enthusiasm and challenges surrounding the campaign to ensure a living record of a passing age is preserved.
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Where have all the stations gone? Unused stations can have fascinating other lives.
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The case for ensuring that the 20th century house does not become a victim of wholesale redevelopment and individual remodelling.
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A tiny post office at Algies bay, north of Auckland has been in the same family for 126 years.
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A little corner of Hamilton has been turned into a battleground between the forces of development and the forces of preservation.
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Like all pioneering history, the story of New Zealand's Chinese prospectors is a remarkable one of adversity and adaptation.
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Ten Chinese gold-rush era are proposed for addition to the NZHPT's Register of historic places.
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The locals are friendly, even if their homes are a source of curiosity for passing tourists, intrigued by life-sized museum piece looks on an inner-Nelson cobbled street.
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With its Edwardian frontage, bright pots of geraniums lining the wndowsills and dramatic domed turret, Christchurch's ANZ Chambers epitomises the long-awaited renaissance of what had been a rather shabby part of the city.
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It seemed that the little baches on Auckland's Rangitoto Island were doomed, but a change of heart and a financial rescue package mean at least some will live to tell their story.
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Six small baches nestling into Nelson's Boulder Bank look set to give many more summers of pleasure, despite their questionable heritage value.
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Christ Church (in Taita, Lower Hutt) prepares for its 150th celebrations despite a major fire and the threat of relocation.
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Restored Art Deco buildings are helping to revitalise a part of rural Otago
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